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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Utterances that run contrary to the prevailing or mainstream orthodoxy, and may incur punishment such as ostracism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: crimespeak
Antonyms: none provided
History
From wrong + -speak, evoking Orwellian coinages like crimethink and doublespeak.
